"This documentary, first released in 1980, offers a window into the vitality of Polish Jewry before the Holocaust. The film directs its lens at all aspects of that now-vanished world, showing us a diverse community and culture. It encompasses city and shtetl, rich and poor, secular and spiritual, politics and society, all permeated by the distinctive character and values that developed in the Polish-Jewish community over nearly a millennium"--Study guide, p. 1.続きを読む

In English with portions in Hebrew, Polish, Russian, and Yiddish with English subtitles.

注記：

Based on the YIVO exhibit and book "Image Before My Eyes" by Dr. Lucjan Dobroszycki [and] Dr. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett.Originally produced as a documentary in 1980.Special features include: audio commentary with director Josh Waletzky; filmmaker biography; about the Yivo Institute; about Docurama.

Part One Setting --
Faraway lands --
Making a living --
Zionist activity --
Part Two "To the stars" --
Secular life --
New horizons --
Among the organized --
Awakening youth --
Darkening clouds --
Great majority --
Credits.

その他のタイトル：

History of Jewish life in Poland before the Holocaust

責任者：

YIVO Institute presents a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities ; adapted, directed, edited by Josh Waletzky ; produced by Josh Waletzky, Susan Lazarus ; written by Jerome Badanes.

概要：

"This documentary, first released in 1980, offers a window into the vitality of Polish Jewry before the Holocaust. The film directs its lens at all aspects of that now-vanished world, showing us a diverse community and culture. It encompasses city and shtetl, rich and poor, secular and spiritual, politics and society, all permeated by the distinctive character and values that developed in the Polish-Jewish community over nearly a millennium"--Study guide, p. 1.